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Someone mentioned recently that it might be of interest to chess players to have, in book form, the complete array of chess columns written by Bent Larsen. To follow up on this idea, I went back to an interview with GM Larsen as it appeared in the original Chess Canada in 1974. Reading through the interview I was reminded what an easy man Larsen was to talk to. In fact, the entire interview took the form of a casual conversation – there were no previously prepared questions which would have made the interview stiff and artificial. What we ended up with was a friendly living-room chat – and in fact it took place in my living-room at Chess Canada, 170 Wychwood Avenue.
Vlad,
There is the option of uploading the document to Dropbox and posting a link here on Chesstalk. I use Dropbox whenever I have a large file to share that is too big to send by email.
Yes, there must be a way. The file is actually a scanned image so why can it not be posted like a photo?
And then what is a dropbox? and how would I recognize one if I saw one?
Reading through the interview I was reminded what an easy man Larsen was to talk to.
Great interview.
CC -It has been said that [player] wins many games that other grandmasters give up as drawn. Whys is that?
Larsen: [Player], like others who try to win, does so just because he tries.
[Player] - who is he?
Vlad, send me the files and we will figure out how to post them.
It certainly would be good to have a collection of all the Chess Canada Larsen columns together – either as a file of the scan or printed up in a booklet. I would buy a copy.
If you are going to do this, you should be aware that a new edition of his games annotated by himself is coming out this month. I don’t know what the overlap will be.
The blurb:
Fighting Chess with the Great Dane
by Bent Larsen
Publisher: New In Chess, 2014
Edition: Coming Soon
ISBN: 978-90-5691-468-4
Pages: 336
Paperback:
Publishing date: April 2014
Language: English
pre-order
Publishing date April 2014
Bent Larsen (1935-2010) was one of the greatest fighters chess has ever seen. His uncompromising style and his unorthodox thinking made Larsen popular with chess players all around the globe. Larsen also was a highly original chess writer and an extremely productive chess journalist.
This collection brings together more than 120 of Larsen’s best games, annotated by himself. His comments are lucid, to the point, instructive and humorous.
CC -It has been said that [player] wins many games that other grandmasters give up as drawn. Whys is that?
Larsen: [Player], like others who try to win, does so just because he tries.
The quote above is not part of this interview - I just checked! = Vlad D
CC -It has been said that [player] wins many games that other grandmasters give up as drawn. Whys is that?
Larsen: [Player], like others who try to win, does so just because he tries.
The quote above is not part of this interview - I just checked! = Vlad D
Then where was published your interview? Year Month
The quote was from Chess Canada 1974 Sept-Oct Vol 5 page 8
Vlad,
Try this link: https://www.dropbox.com/ Click on Sign Up and follow the instructions.
I have a subscription to Chess Evolution Weekly and I use Dropbox to store each issue and access it with my iPad.
Dan
I installed this program to my computer :( Took quite some time. Then got a message from my firewall that some features of the program were being blocked - malware?
Not wanting to risk this, I initiated an Uninstall sequence. Got another message that I needed permission from 'program administrator' to uninstall. Tried again, and this time it worked (I hope).
Even a collector such as myself will stop and think twice about buying a 1100-page volume, in Danish, costing $70!
But the details are these:
Larsen by Jan Lofberg, Danska Pocket Book, 2014,
414kr (Swedish) = $70 CAN
This is Volume 1 of the ultimate three-volume work on the Danish chess grandmaster Bent Larsen (1935-2010). The biography that is lavishly illustrated with period photos, tackles both man and chess player Bent Larsen.
Volume 1 is also a fascinating account of his chess career right from his boyhood in Holstebro to breakthrough as a candidate for the world championship of chess.
I take it your point about price is not the $70 (which is cheap for 1100 pages Of GM Larsen) but the fact that it is in Danish. Still it is a worthwhile addition to any collection. Im sure an English translation will appear in a year or two.
I take it your point about price is not the $70 (which is cheap for 1100 pages Of GM Larsen) but the fact that it is in Danish. Still it is a worthwhile addition to any collection. Im sure an English translation will appear in a year or two.
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